History PlayingWith / MagneticHero

'''Basic Trope''': A hero with remarkable personal magnetism wins friends and allies with astonishing ease.

** Hiro's an AffablyEvil / FauxAffablyEvil ManipulativeBastard VillainWithGoodPublicity.

** Hiro's had even greater share of social moments of embarrassment than many others would like to admit themselves, but he's resolved to learn from his goofs, to the point he's a master at navigating around them.

** Hiro [[HeroWithBadPublicity inadvertently antagonises whoever he met]], and he only made enemies in his entire life.

* '''Enforced''': The studio doesn't want to waste time with giving every character motivations to join in with the plot, so they just make Hire really likeable, so people just follow him.

** "I'm not gonna let any of you follow me in my quest. [[IWorkAlone I'm a loner]]."

** Hiro's personal magnetism is literally his only strength. In actuality, he has FeetOfClay when it matters most, and his followers suffer for mistaking style for substance.

** It turns out that being under Hiro's leadership has more positives than negatives. Sure, his followers become a little dependent on him, but in exchange, they become a lot more competent at their unique skills, and even begin to take on leadership roles of their own.

* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???

* '''Straight''': Steve has no trouble making new friends in no time at all.
* '''Exaggerated''': Steve manages to influence and charm pretty much anyone he meets to become his friend or follower or like him a lot, including those that didn't even know him a minute ago.
* '''Downplayed''': People see Steve as a charismatic person, but he still has to put as much effort as anyone when recruiting allies and making friends.

** Steve managed to learn great social skills early on and had a kind of personality, conviction and passion people can't help but be drawn to, thus his unconsciously mastered charisma.
** Steve used to be a lonely, socially awkward child, so he became interested in finding out how social dynamics work.
** Steve's had one similar role model or more in his life and it's about the role of nurture.
** Steve's had even greater share of social moments of embarrassment than many others would like to admit themselves, but he's resolved to learn from his goofs, to the point he's a master at navigating around them.

** Steve naturally bores, repels and/or comes across as a joke to everyone he meets.
** Steve [[HeroWithBadPublicity inadvertently antagonises whoever he met]], and he only made enemies in his entire life.
** Steve's an AffablyEvil / FauxAffablyEvil ManipulativeBastard VillainWithGoodPublicity.

** Steve does have his less desirable qualities, too.
** Steve only appears to be this, only to turn out to be a {{Jerkass}}, a bore or just indifferent to things around him.
** Steve's not necessarily a ''bad'' leader, but his teammates are [[HitchHikerHeroes more attracted to the cause he's pursuing]], rather than to him personally. Within the group itself, he's really not that important.

** However, Steve grows out of them.

** Steve manages to turn his flaws into his advantage.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice, TheLancer is the magnetic one. The team follows Steve because they love Alice.
* '''Averted''': Steve isn't any more magnetic than other people.

* '''Invoked''': Rena seriously wants her son to grow up to be a success, especially socially, so she patiently raises him to be this.
* '''Exploited''': Steve knows how inspiring he is, and uses his charisma to accomplish things he couldn't do alone.

** "I'm no people-expert, Maggie, much less a good persuader, so stop pleading me to help you, because I can't, pure and simple".

** Steve becomes the ''only'' thing holding the group together, and as soon as anything happens to take him out of his leadership position, [[WeWereYourTeam the group disbands.]]
** Steve's magnetism is a form of MoreThanMindControl, which starts to have a negative effect on those around them as they lose their independence, whether Steve wants that to happen or not.
** Steve starts to [[FaceHeelTurn abuse]] his influence over his followers to make them do things that they would morally object to otherwise.
** Steve's personal magnetism is literally his only strength. In actuality, he has FeetOfClay when it matters most, and his followers suffer for mistaking style for substance.

** Steve takes advantage of his position as a leader to train [[TheLancer someone else]] to [[TakeUpMySword take charge of the group if anything happens to him.]]
** It turns out that being under Steve's leadership has more positives than negatives. Sure, his followers become a little dependent on him, but in exchange, they become a lot more competent at their unique skills, and even begin to take on leadership roles of their own.
** Not only does Steve have an influential effect on his followers, but his followers also have [[MoralityChain an effect]] on ''him,'' which keeps him from undergoing a FaceHeelTurn because he couldn't betray his team like that.

** Steve inadvertently antagonise whoever he met, and he only made enemies in his entire life.

* '''Downplayed''': People see Steve as a charasmatic person, but he still has to put as much effort as anyone when recruiting allies and making friends.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???

** Not only does Steve have an influential effect on his followers, but his followers also have an effect on ''him,'' which keeps him from undergoing a FaceHeelTurn because he couldn't betray his team like that.

* '''Defied''': "I'm no people-expert, Maggie, much less a good persuader, so stop pleading me to help you, because I can't, pure and simple".

* '''Deconstructed''':
** Steve becomes the ''only'' thing holding the group together, and as soon as anything happens to take him out of his leadership position, [[WeWereYourTeam the group disbands.]]
** Steve's magnetism is a form of MoreThanMindControl, which starts to have a negative effect on those around them as they lose their independence, whether Steve wants that to happen or not.
** Steve starts to [[FaceHeelTurn abuse]] his influence over his followers to make them do things that they would morally object to otherwise.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Steve takes advantage of his position as a leader to train [[TheLancer someone else]] to [[TakeUpMySword take charge of the group if anything happens to him.]]
** It turns out that being under Steve's leadership has more positives than negatives. Sure, his followers become a little dependent on him, but in exchange, they become a lot more competent at their unique skills, and even begin to take on leadership roles of their own.
** Not only does Steve have an influential effect on his followers, but his followers also have an effect on ''him,'' which keeps him from undergoing a FaceHeelTurn because he couldn't betray his team like that.

* '''Defied''': ''I'm no people-expert, Maggie, much less a good persuader, so stop pleading me to help you, because I can't, pure and simple.''

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** Steve's an AffablyEvil / EvillyAffable ManipulativeBastard VillainWithGoodPublicity.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Justified''': Steve managed to learn great social skills early on and had a kind of personality, conviction and passion people can't help but be drawn to, thus his unconsciously mastered charisma.
** Alternatively, Steve used to be a lonely, socially awkward child, so he became interested in finding out how social dynamics work.

* '''Inverted''': Steve naturally bores, repels and/or comes across as a joke to everyone he meets.

* '''Subverted''': Steve does have his less desirable qualities, too.

* '''Double Subverted''': However, Steve grows out of them.
** Alternatively, it turns out to be a slanderous lie from some jealous scumbag.
** Or Steve manages to turn his flaws into his advantage.

** Steve takes advantage of his position as a leader to train [[TheLancer someone else]] to take charge of the group if anything happens to him.

** Not only does Steve have an influential effect on his followers, but his followers also have an effect on ''him,'' which keeps him from undergoing a FaceHeelTurn that he would have had if he had been alone.

* '''Deconstructed''': Steve becomes the ''only'' thing holding the group together, and as soon as anything happens to take him out of his leadership position, [[WeWereYourTeam the group disbands.]]

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Double Subverted''': However, Steve overcomes them or has done so.